Living a Happy Life with a Special-Needs Child: A Parent's Perspective

***2017 Special Needs Human Relations Gold Winner Indie Book***Living a Happy Life with a Special-Needs Child is the story of how Robin Williams Evans turned tragedy into triumph when she unexpectedly became the mother of a special-needs child. An invaluable resource for parents and caregivers of special-needs children, as well as anyone who wants to better understand them, it delivers practical advice for how to deal with a variety of situations one is likely to encounter when raising a special-needs child.

Topics Evans touches upon include surviving the neonatal intensive care unit, taking care of yourself and your significant other, organizing doctor's appointments, managing hospital stays, skillfully navigating insurance, and finding childcare. Beyond the didactic value of this must-have text, it also offers something else inevitably stressed-out parents are in dire need of

Author: Robin Williams Evans
Publisher: Pastor's Place
Published: 06/16/2017
Pages: 76
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d
ISBN: 9780989908900

About the Author

Robin Williams Evans holds a degree in business administration from California State University and an MDiv from Howard University School of Divinity. Actively involved in ministry since 1998, she served as an associate minister at Riverside Baptist Church of southwest Washington, DC, for twelve years and was ordained in 2010.

Evans is a member of the International Christian Coaching Association and is the founder and director of A Pastor's Place, a not-for-profit organization that specializes in seminars on spiritual, emotional, and physical health and wellness for clergy and church congregations, as well as special-needs advocacy for parents and professionals in the field.

In addition to her ministry career, Evans is a wife and mother of a severely special-needs son. She currently resides in Maryland and is working on a series of books to share her knowledge and insights with other parents raising special-needs children.

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